The ideas of the ancient legislators. Aristotle's "manner of thinking" and the deleterious use of his ideas. Montesquieu's attack on the political errors of Hobbes -- Christian ideas. Religious ideas and the force of Christian ones in modern Europe -- The ideas of early Christianity, their absorption in Roman Law, and their abusive reverberations in modern Europe -- The ideas of the ancient legislators. Montesquieu's opposition to Plato's belles idées and their diffusion -- Aristotle's "manner of thinking" and the deleterious use of his ideas.
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